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Extinct in the wild
1 fish is listed as extinct in the wild.
Critically endangered
3 mammals, 6 birds, 1 reptile, 3 fishes and 5 other species are listed as critically endangered.
Invertebrates
- Boggomoss snail, Dawson Valley snail, Adclarkia dawsonensis
- Lord Howe Island stick insect, Dryococelus australis
- Golden sun moth, Synemon plana
- Mitchell's rainforest snail, Thersites mitchellae
- Margaret River Hairy Marron Cherax tenuimanus
Fish
- Grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, east coast population
- Speartooth shark, Glyphis sp. A
- Western Trout Minnow Galaxias truttaceus hesperius
Reptiles
Birds
- Scrubtit (King Island), Acanthornis magnus greenianus
- Spotted Quail-thrush (Mt Lofty Ranges), Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta
- Yellow Chat (Dawson), Epthianura crocea macgregori
- Round Island Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
- Herald Petrel, Pterodroma heraldica
- Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster
Mammals
- Gilbert's Potoroo Potorous gilbertii
- Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat, Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus
- Christmas Island Pipistrelle Pipistrellus murrayi
Endangered
34 mammals, 38 birds, 11 reptiles, 18 frogs, 16 fishes and 11 other species are listed as endangered.
Invertebrates
- Desert Sand-skipper, Aestiva Skipper Croitana aestiva
- Central North Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus granulatus
- Furneaux Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus martigener
- Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus spinicaudatus
- Gove Crow Butterfly Euploea alcathoe enastri
- Broad-toothed Stag Beetle, Wielangta Stag Beetle Lissotes latidens
- a land snail Mesodontrachia fitzroyana
- a moth Phyllodes imperialis (southern subsp. - ANIC 3333)
- Lord Howe Placostylus, Lord Howe Flax Snail Placostylus bivaricosus
- a land snail Semotrachia euzyga
- a land snail Sinumelon bednalli
Fish
- Spotted Handfish, Spotted-hand Fish Brachionichthys hirsutus
- Elizabeth Springs goby Chlamydogobius micropterus
- Golden galaxias Galaxias auratus
- Swan galaxias Galaxias fontanus
- Barred Galaxias Galaxias fuscus
- Clarence galaxias Galaxias johnstoni
- Northern River Shark, New Guinea river shark Glyphis sp. C
- Clarence River Cod, Eastern Freshwater Cod Maccullochella ikei
- Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis
- Mary River Cod Maccullochella peelii mariensis
- Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica
- Lake Eacham rainbowfish Melanotaenia eachamensis
- Oxleyan Pygmy Perch Nannoperca oxleyana
- Arthurs paragalaxias Paragalaxias mesotes
- Maugean skate, Port Davey Skate Raja sp.
- Redfin blue-eye Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis
Amphibians
- White-bellied Frog, Creek Frog Geocrinia alba
- Yellow-spotted Tree Frog, Yellow-spotted Bell Frog Litoria castanea
- Armoured Mistfrog Litoria lorica
- Waterfall Frog, Torrent Tree Frog Litoria nannotis
- Mountain Mistfrog Litoria nyakalensis
- Spotted Tree Frog Litoria spenceri
- Fleay's Frog Mixophyes fleayi
- Southern Barred Frog, Giant Barred Frog Mixophyes iteratus
- Lace-eyed Tree Frog, Australian Lace-lid Nyctimystes dayi
- Baw Baw Frog Philoria frosti
- Southern Corroboree Frog Pseudophryne corroboree
- Sunset Frog Spicospina flammocaerulea
- Eungella Day Frog Taudactylus eungellensis
- Tinkling Frog Taudactylus rheophilus
Reptiles
- Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
- Yellow-snouted Ground Gecko Diplodactylus occultus
- Arhem Land Egernia Egernia obiri
- Slater's Skink, Floodplain Skink Egernia slateri slateri
- Western Spiny-tailed Skink Egernia stokesii badia
- Gulf Snapping Turtle Elusor lavarackorum
- Mary River Tortoise Elusor macrurus
- Blue Mountains Water Skink Eulamprus leuraensis
- Corangamite Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum marnieae
- Pacific Ridley, Olive Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea
- Allan's Lerista, Retro Slider Lerista allanae
- Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizard, Adelaide Blue-tongue Lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis
- Grassland Earless Dragon Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla
Birds
- Brown Thornbill (King Island) Acanthiza pusilla archibaldi
- Christmas Island Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus natalis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (Tasmanian) Aquila audax fleayi
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (south-eastern) Calyptorhynchus banksii graptogyne
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo (South Australian), Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Kangaroo Island) Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus
- Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Short-billed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris
- Southern Cassowary (Australian) Casuarius casuarius johnsonii
- Emerald Dove (Christmas Island) Chalcophaps indica natalis
- Norfolk Island Green Parrot, Red-crowned Parakeet (Norfolk Island) Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cookii
- Coxen's Fig-Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni
- Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus
- Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis
- Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena
- Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
- Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae
- Buff-banded Rail (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Gallirallus philippensis andrewsi
- Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (Mt Lofty Ranges) Hylacola pyrrhopygia parkeri
- Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
- Helmeted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
- Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis
- Hooded Robin (Tiwi Islands) Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis
- Star Finch (eastern), Star Finch (southern) Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda
- Norfolk Island Boobook Owl, Southern Boobook (Norfolk Island) Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata
- Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus
- Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis
- Western Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris
- Black-throated Finch (southern) Poephila cincta cincta
- Golden-shouldered Parrot Psephotus chrysopterygius
- Western Whipbird (western heath) Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis
- Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera
- Antarctic Tern (New Zealand) Sterna vittata bethunei
- Southern Emu-wren (Fleurieu Peninsula), Mount Lofty Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus intermedius
- Abbott's Booby Sula abbotti
- Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
- Island Thrush (Christmas Island) Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus
- Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii
- Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis
- Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia
Mammals
- Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Northern Bettong, Bettongia tropica
- Mountain Pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus
- Christmas Island Shrew, Crocidura attenuata trichura
- Ampurta, Dasycercus hillieri
- Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus
- Spotted-tailed Quoll, Yarri, Dasyurus maculatus gracilis (North Queensland subspecies)
- Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll, Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (southeastern mainland population)
- Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
- Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
- Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat, Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe-bat, Hipposideros semoni
- Southern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus obesulus
- Rufous Hare-Wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus unnamed subsp. (central mainland form)
- Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat Lasiorhinus krefftii
- Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola
- Northern Marsupial Mole, Notoryctes caurinus Karkarratul, Northern
- Southern Marsupial Mole, Notoryctes typhlops
- Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
- Dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis
- Western Barred Bandicoot, Perameles bougainville bougainville (Shark Bay)
- Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Perameles gunnii unnamed subsp., mainland
- Mahogany Glider, Petaurus gracilis
- Proserpine Rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone
- Red-tailed Phascogale, Phascogale calura
- Long-footed Potoroo, Potorous longipes
- Spotted cuscus
- Smoky Mouse, Pseudomys fumeus
- Hastings River Mouse, Pseudomys oralis
- Greater Large-eared Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis (large form)
- Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii
- Kangaroo Island Dunnart, Sminthopsis aitkeni
- Julia Creek Dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi
- Sandhill Dunnart, Sminthopsis psammophila
- Carpentarian Rock-rat, Zyzomys palatalis
- Central Rock-rat, Zyzomys pedunculatus
Vulnerable
Invertebrates
- Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster, Giant Lobster, Giant Freshwater Crayfish Astacopsis gouldi
- Barrow Island Draculoides, Draculoides bramstokeri
- Mount Arthur Burrowing Crayfish, Engaeus orramakunna
- Burnie Burrowing Crayfish, Engaeus yabbimunna
- A cave-dwelling remipede crustacean, Lasionectes exleyi
- Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis
- Bathurst Copper Butterfly, Purple Copper Butterfly, Bathurst Copper, Bathurst Copper Wing, Bathurst-Lithgow Copper, Paralucia spinifera
Fish
- Red Handfish Brachionichthys politus
- Grey Nurse Shark (west coast population) Carcharias taurus (west coast population)
- Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias
- Edgbaston goby Chlamydogobius squamigenus
- Murray hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis
- Saddled galaxias Galaxias tanycephalus
- Dwarf galaxias Galaxiella pusilla
- Murray cod, Cod, Goodoo Maccullochella peelii peelii
- Blind gudgeon Milyeringa veritas
- Flinders Ranges gudgeon Mogurnda clivicola
- Yarra pygmy perch Nannoperca obscura
- Ewens Pygmy Perch, Golden Pygmy Perch, Variegated Pygmy Perch Nannoperca variegata
- Australian Lungfish, Queensland Lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri
- Blind cave eel Ophisternon candidum
- Freshwater Sawfish, Largetooth sawfish Pristis microdon
- Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena
- Honey blue-eye Pseudomugil mellis
- Whale Shark Rhincodon typus
- Waterfall Bay Handfish Sympterichthys sp. [CSIRO #T1996.01]
- Ziebell's Handfish Sympterichthys sp. [CSIRO #T6.01]
Frogs
- Orange-bellied Frog Geocrinia vitellina
- Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus
- Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea
- Littlejohn's Tree Frog, Heath Frog Litoria littlejohni
- Wallum Sedge Frog Litoria olongburensis
- Peppered Tree Frog Litoria piperata
- Southern Bell Frog, Growling Grass Frog, Warty Bell Frog Litoria raniformis
- Alpine Tree Frog, Verreaux's Alpine Tree Frog Litoria verreauxii alpina
- Stuttering Frog, Southern Barred Frog (in Victoria) Mixophyes balbus
- Magnificent Brood Frog Pseudophryne covacevichae
- Northern Corroboree Frog Pseudophryne pengilleyi
- Kroombit Tinker Frog, Pleione's Torrent Frog Taudactylus pleione
- Blue Mountains Tree Frog Litoria citropa
Reptiles
- Five-clawed Worm-skink, Long-legged Worm-skink Anomalopus mackayi
- Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella
- Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard Aprasia pseudopulchella
- Hermite Island Worm-lizard Aprasia rostrata rostrata
- Green Turtle Chelonia mydas
- Lord Howe Island Gecko Christinus guentheri
- Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink Coeranoscincus reticulatus
- Yinnietharra Rock-Dragon Ctenophorus yinnietharra
- Airlie Island Ctenotus Ctenotus angusticeps
- Lancelin Island Skink Ctenotus lancelini
- Hamelin Ctenotus Ctenotus zastictus
- Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar
- Striped-tailed Delma Delma labialis
- Atherton Delma, Legless Lizard Delma mitella
- Collared Delma Delma torquata
- Ornamental Snake Denisonia maculata
- Leathery Turtle, Leatherback Turtle, Luth Dermochelys coriacea
- Great Desert Skink, Tjakura, Warrarna, Mulyamiji Egernia kintorei
- Yakka Skink Egernia rugosa
- Baudin Island Spiny-tailed Skink Egernia stokesii aethiops
- Bell's Turtle, Namoi River Turtle, Bell's Saw-shelled Turtle Elseya belli
- Bellinger River Emydura (Bellinger River, NSW) Emydura signata
- Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata
- Dunmall's Snake Furina dunmalli
- Broad-headed Snake Hoplocephalus bungaroides
- Christmas Island Gecko, Lister's Gecko Lepidodactylus listeri
- Mount Cooper Striped Lerista Lerista vittata
- Olive Python (Pilbara subspecies) Liasis olivacea barroni
- Flatback Turtle Natator depressus
- Pernatty Knob-tail Nephrurus deleani
- Pedra Branca Skink, Red-throated Skink Niveoscincus palfreymani
- Krefft's Tiger Snake (Flinders Ranges) Notechis ater ater
- Bronzeback Snake-lizard Ophidiocephalus taeniatus
- Brigalow Scaly-foot Paradelma orientalis
- Lord Howe Island Skink Pseudemoia lichenigera
- Christmas Island Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
- Fitzroy Tortoise Rheodytes leukops
- Border Thick-tailed Gecko Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus
Birds
- Slender-billed Thornbill (western) Acanthiza iredalei iredalei
- Grey Grasswren (Bulloo) Amytornis barbatus barbatus
- Thick-billed Grasswren (eastern) Amytornis textilis modestus
- Thick-billed Grasswren (Gawler Ranges) Amytornis textilis myall
- Australian Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris melanops
- Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus
- Muir's Corella (southern), Western Long-billed Corella (southern) Cacatua pastinator pastinator
- Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, Long-billed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii
- Cape Barren Goose (south-western), Recherche Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea
- Western Bristlebird Dasyornis longirostris
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
- Gibson's Albatross Diomedea gibsoni
- Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus
- Crested Shrike-tit (northern), Northern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus whitei
- Christmas Island Frigatebird, Andrew's Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
- White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Tasman Sea or Australasian) Fregetta grallaria grallaria
- Squatter Pigeon (southern) Geophaps scripta scripta
- Partridge Pigeon (western) Geophaps smithii blaauwi
- Partridge Pigeon (eastern) Geophaps smithii smithii
- Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
- Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata
- Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
- Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (western) Malurus coronatus coronatus
- White-winged Fairy-wren (Barrow Island), Barrow Island Black-and-white Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus edouardi
- White-winged Fairy-wren (Dirk Hartog Island), Dirk Hartog Black-and-White Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus leucopterus
- Crimson Finch (white-bellied) Neochmia phaeton evangelinae
- Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis
- Golden Whistler (Norfolk Island) Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta
- Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis
- Fairy Prion (southern) Pachyptila turtur subantarctica
- Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus
- Scarlet Robin (Norfolk Island) Petroica multicolor multicolor
- Heard Shag Phalacrocorax nivalis
- Macquarie Shag Phalacrocorax purpurascens
- Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
- Princess Parrot, Alexandra's Parrot Polytelis alexandrae
- Regent Parrot (eastern) Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus (incorrect subspecies)
- Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii
- Western Whipbird (eastern) Psophodes nigrogularis leucogaster
- Western Whipbird (western mallee) Psophodes nigrogularis oberon
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
- Kermadec Petrel (western) Pterodroma neglecta neglecta
- Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis
- Antarctic Tern (Indian Ocean) Sterna vittata vittata
- Southern Emu-wren (Eyre Peninsula) Stipiturus malachurus parimeda
- Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee
- Lord Howe Island Currawong, Pied Currawong (Lord Howe Island) Strepera graculina crissalis
- Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
- Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Pacific Albatross Thalassarche nov. sp.
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi
- Lord Howe Woodhen Tricholimnas sylvestris
- Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster
- Painted Button-quail (Houtman Abrolhos) Turnix varia scintillans
- Masked Owl (northern) Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli
Mammals
- Sub-antarctic Fur-seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
- Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
- Boodie, Burrowing Bettong (Shark Bay) Bettongia lesueur lesueur
- Boodie, Burrowing Bettong (Barrow and Boodie Islands) Bettongia lesueur unnamed subsp
- Large-eared Pied Bat, Large Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri
- Kowari Dasycercus byrnei
- Mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda
- Chuditch, Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii
- Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll (Tasmanian population) Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (Tasmanian population)
- Golden Bandicoot (mainland) Isoodon auratus auratus
- Golden Bandicoot (Barrow Island) Isoodon auratus barrowensis
- Southern Brown Bandicoot (Nuyts Archipelago) Isoodon obesulus nauticus
- Spectacled Hare-wallaby (Barrow Island) Lagorchestes conspicillatus conspicillatus
- Rufous Hare-wallaby (Bernier Island) Lagorchestes hirsutus bernieri
- Rufous Hare-wallaby (Dorre Island) Lagorchestes hirsutus dorreae
- Banded Hare-wallaby, Marnine, Munning Lagostrophus fasciatus fasciatus
- Wopilkara, Greater Stick-nest Rat Leporillus conditor
- Barrow Island Euro Macropus robustus isabellinus
- Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis
- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Golden-backed Tree-rat Mesembriomys macrurus
- Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina
- Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus
- Australian Sea-lion Neophoca cinerea
- Northern Hopping-mouse Notomys aquilo
- Dusky Hopping-mouse, Wilkiniti Notomys fuscus
- Eastern Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus timoriensis (South-eastern form)
- Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Tasmania) Perameles gunnii gunnii
- Fluffy Glider, Yellow-bellied Glider (Wet Tropics) Petaurus australis unnamed subsp.
- Warru, Black-footed Rock-wallaby (MacDonnell Ranges race) Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race
- Black-footed Rock-wallaby (West Kimberley race) Petrogale lateralis West Kimberley race
- Recherche Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis hacketti
- Black-flanked Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis lateralis
- Pearson Island Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis pearsoni
- Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata
- Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby (SA and NSW) Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus
- Long-nosed Potoroo (SE mainland) Potorous tridactylus tridactylus
- Carpentarian Antechinus Pseudantechinus mimulus
- Western Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus occidentalis
- Plains Rat Pseudomys australis
- Djoongari, Alice Springs Mouse, Shark Bay Mouse Pseudomys fieldi
- Pilliga Mouse Pseudomys pilligaensis
- Dayang, Heath Rat Pseudomys shortridgei
- Spectacled Flying-fox Pteropus conspicillatus
- Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus
- Pilbara Leaf-nosed Bat Rhinonicteris aurantius (Pilbara form)
- Quokka Setonix brachyurus
- Butler's Dunnart Sminthopsis butleri
- Boullanger Island Dunnart Sminthopsis griseoventer boullangerensis
- Common Wombat (Bass Strait) Vombatus ursinus ursinus
- Water Mouse, False Water Rat Xeromys myoides
- Arnhem Rock-rat, Arnhem Land Rock-rat Zyzomys maini
Conservation Dependent
1 fish and 1 mammal are conservation dependent.
Fish
- Orange Roughy, Deep-sea Perch, Red Roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus
Mammals
- Southern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii
See also
References
- Department of Environment and Heritage. EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna
